The Portland Trail Blazers are slated to be loaded at the guard position this upcoming season, even if the cosmic, franchise-altering Damian Lillard trade takes place before training camp.
Portland’s best three young players — Scoot Henderson, Anfernee Simons and Shaedon Sharpe — all naturally play either point guard or shooting guard, Sorting out this overlapping backcourt rotation to maximize everybody’s talents and minutes may take some work.
To that conundrum I say, Same as it ever was.
In a recent piece, Bleacher Report’s Greg Swartz called this guard situation the toughest question facing Rip City for the 2023-24 season.